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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2005
Eric Meier, Bellevue, WA (US);
Timothy P. Mate, Bellevue, WA (US);
J. Nelson Wright, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Steven C. Dimmer, Bellevue, WA (US);
Lynn M. Purdy, Sammamish, WA (US);
Eric Meier, Bellevue, WA (US);
Timothy P. Mate, Bellevue, WA (US);
J. Nelson Wright, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Steven C. Dimmer, Bellevue, WA (US);
Lynn M. Purdy, Sammamish, WA (US);
Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
An integrated radiation therapy process comprises acquiring first objective target data related to a parameter of a target within a patient by periodically locating a marker positioned within the patient using a localization modality. This method continues with obtaining second objective target data related to the parameter of the target by periodically locating the marker. The first objective target data can be acquired in a first area that is apart from a second area which contains a radiation delivery device for producing an ionizing radiation beam for treating the patient. The localization modality can be the same in both the first and second areas. In other embodiments, the first objective target data can be acquired using a first localization modality that uses a first energy type to identify the marker and the second objective target data can be obtained using a second localization modality that uses a second energy type to identify the marker that is different than the first energy type.